When we started our blog, it was to document our adventures
in Munich. And I think we did a pretty
good job capturing both the daily life as well as documenting all of our
incredible vacations over the years. Though
lately we have been pretty MIA.
Why? On February 11,
2016, our journey in Germany morphed from being about European travels with the
two of us (and sometimes our dogs) and into a slower-paced life as a family of
3 (or 5 if we include the dogs). After
patiently, and then impatiently, waiting for our son to arrive, we finally
welcomed Max into the world 9 days after his due date.
Thus the grand adventure we started here has turned into a
family friendly version, with us even going on a few family vacations –
venturing into the Bavarian and the Austrian Alps a few times.
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| Left: Bizau, Austria. Right: Schloss Linderhof in Bavaria. Both: Max not looking at the camera. |
However now that we are parents, our focus on what we want
out of life has shifted. We realized
quickly how important it is to us to be back in our own culture and near our
family, especially as we now have 4 nephews that we want to be closer to. And instead of planning our next giant
vacation in some new European place – we are planning our move back to the US!
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| MERICA |
As of this coming September, we will no longer be ‘Weiss Aus
Deutschland’. Instead we will be just
the Weiss family in Houston – blog-free. Our little Bavarian baby will learn to love Tex-Mex, how to say ‘y’all’
properly, and see what a real rodeo is.
But more importantly, he will grow up with family nearby – which is what
we want most of all.
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| Don't worry Grandma Margie - you will get a smile photo soon! Your visit was just before he learned how to do it. :) |
So while we can’t say we are ready to LEAVE Munich (I don’t
think we ever really will be fully ready to leave this wonderful city), we are
more than ready to GET BACK to Texas and our roots (and maybe Tex Mex). Munich has been an amazing place to live: it
has really helped us grow both as individuals and as a couple, and it has
brought us the best thing of all: Max.
We will definitely leave a piece of our hearts here in Munich, and we hope
to return one day with Max. We want to
bring him back not only to show him where he came into the world, but to help
him realize that the world is a much, much bigger place than the USA.
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| At the beer garden |
With that, we leave you with a collection of ‘American’
things we have come across in our years in Europe – a very accurate portrayal
of what we are returning to, wouldn’t you say? ;)
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| America is about BBQ and giant burgers - what else? |
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| We all love sitting around eating Chocolate Cookies ice cream, right? |
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| Space and motorcycles. The epitome of USA. |
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| Please don't ask us what American Cream is. It sounded way too perverse for us to try. Cool American, however, is delicious. |
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| A semi-truck and Uncle Same. MERICA. |
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| And most importantly, Hot Dogs. America = Hotdogs. |
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| Seriously. Hot Dogs. You know - those British-branded Ye Olde American style hot dogs that were TERRIBLE. |
